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fbi agents finally arrived at the u.s. consulate. more than three weeks after the terrorist attack in which four americans were killed, including our ambassador. then they left. they spent less than a day. my guest is here to sort out all that is happening in libya and washington d.c. as best we can understand him -- understand it. joining me now, andrew mccarthy, for protecting the federal prosecutor. he is also the author of the book spring fever, the illusion of is what democracy. but have you here. >> has to be here. thank you. lou: this is incredible. the fbi held up in tripoli for over three weeks. they get into benghazi. some have said as little as three hours on the so-called seen of that attack. and then depart. >> it is pointless to have the fbi tried to operate in any country where you either or both don't have a competent government that is actually cooperating with us. you know, if you have a situation like we had in saudi arabia, for example, after the cold war, we have a fairly competent government in its jurisdiction,
fbi agents finally arrived at the u.s. consulate. more than three weeks after the terrorist attack in which four americans were killed, including our ambassador. then they left. they spent less than a day. my guest is here to sort out all that is happening in libya and washington d.c. as best we can understand him -- understand it. joining me now, andrew mccarthy, for protecting the federal prosecutor. he is also the author of the book spring fever, the illusion of is what democracy. but have...
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because the fbi -- this has become a farce -- whatever the fbi can do will be minimized from what they cld have done in early hours following this. >> this is a fully compromised crime scene at this point, all viewers out there who spent years watching csi understand that. the problem is we're lost in the semantics do we miss a piece of intelligence in date leads up to this attack, this occurred on anniversary of 9/11, common sense would tell you yes there is a possibility. bu the thing they white house does not want to talk about is how badly they screwed up, that assessment, a year ago, when we decided to have a consulate in benghazi, it is a war zone, we know there was massive amounts of weapons there. lou: is the state department capicapable of such irresponsibility. this is such a deeply disturbing conclusion it seems you are intimating. >> again, i look at it from a operational perspective, i don't know about politics. lou: that is not a political question. >> yes, it is inepttude or willful ignorance of a fact they know they are in a high -- area, and they allow senior most dipl
because the fbi -- this has become a farce -- whatever the fbi can do will be minimized from what they cld have done in early hours following this. >> this is a fully compromised crime scene at this point, all viewers out there who spent years watching csi understand that. the problem is we're lost in the semantics do we miss a piece of intelligence in date leads up to this attack, this occurred on anniversary of 9/11, common sense would tell you yes there is a possibility. bu the thing...
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lou: monday after fbi fbi agents inspected the conflict in been talking, they are deciding whether to take action against those killing the americans and the ambassador. that is what is being reported by my next guest. eli lake. he has brought countless stories on the attack in benghazi. first come i would like to commend you and your reporting on this story. go to your most recent, which is the administration. has not decided how to proceed on how to handle these that led the attack. >> or two things going on. one is an intelligence community process going about identifying those responsible for the benghazi assaults and figuring out their locations and about the way the united states and the cia fronts the senior members of al qaeda and afghanistan and so forth. the consulate has very little friends are going for a criminal investigation. at this point on the white house has yet to decide whether this is going to be treated as a high crime or an act of war. in that respect, there are people coming to me and saying that they have searchable intelligence on the ground and they would l
lou: monday after fbi fbi agents inspected the conflict in been talking, they are deciding whether to take action against those killing the americans and the ambassador. that is what is being reported by my next guest. eli lake. he has brought countless stories on the attack in benghazi. first come i would like to commend you and your reporting on this story. go to your most recent, which is the administration. has not decided how to proceed on how to handle these that led the attack. >>...
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. >> three weeks later we cannot send in the fbi it is too dangerous but the reporters are picking up sensitive documents talking about the people in libya. three weeks later. lou: not securing a because we have no personnel i know people in the fbi and i have the highest respect one of my oldest friends is there. the idea they make them look like in the tent and even want to continue the description to make them look horrible. >> it was either a massive intelligence failure to not know the was a security threat to and if not then a massive security failure to not protect them. either way it is now a cover up. remember the youtube movie? they said the intelligence community said it was there fault. lou: one of the where does things i have never seen comes out with the statement on a friday and has not appeared in public he could be in a river bank fishing while this is fishing and we would not know better. >> they will blame the state department and the intelligence was known why did they not provide anything more than some read the cops. lou: why would they declined security for the
. >> three weeks later we cannot send in the fbi it is too dangerous but the reporters are picking up sensitive documents talking about the people in libya. three weeks later. lou: not securing a because we have no personnel i know people in the fbi and i have the highest respect one of my oldest friends is there. the idea they make them look like in the tent and even want to continue the description to make them look horrible. >> it was either a massive intelligence failure to not...
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. >> the fbi was just there a week ago. we need to learn about information. reporter: the official is undersecretary of state for management, patrick kennedy, who has been in his post since 2007. fox news has learned that on this evening of september 12, kennedy privately briefed senate staffers and told them that benghazi appeared to be a high sophisticated attack. kennedy indicated that this was fairly complex and not like a protest that have gotten out of hand. >> we don't see at this point signs that this was a coordinated plan, premeditated attack. >> .divergent narrative was offered four days later, not for another three days that a senior u.s. official state publicly what undersecretary kennedy had told congress privately. >> they were killed in thh course of a terrorist attack on the embassy. >> there was a decision made at that time as to what happens and what the story was going to be that was inconsistent with the facts, even as we knew it, on the ground. i think what you're finding is that his wife there is this -- there is this rift inside the in
. >> the fbi was just there a week ago. we need to learn about information. reporter: the official is undersecretary of state for management, patrick kennedy, who has been in his post since 2007. fox news has learned that on this evening of september 12, kennedy privately briefed senate staffers and told them that benghazi appeared to be a high sophisticated attack. kennedy indicated that this was fairly complex and not like a protest that have gotten out of hand. >> we don't see at...
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ashley: the fbi is trying to determine who shot two border patrol agents killing 30-year-old agent and wounng another. the shooting took place in arizona, a drug trafficking core door 5 miles northeast of the border with mexico. the agents on routine patrol of horseback coming under fire, third agent was not hurt. the last agent fatally shot on duty was murdered back in 2010 with a gun link to operation fast and furious. just last month it was renamed in his honor. public-sector unions lining their pockets with taxpayer money the private sector struggles. taxpayers even picking up the tab for the time government employees spend working on union related manners resulting in $1 billion every year. joining me now, author of "the new york times" bestseller "shadow bosses." i gues the title says it all. what we're talki about is what they call officially time, this is time spent by government workers, government union workers working on union issues and not actually doing their worjob. >> 70% of the time they spend on general labor management issues it is not handling grievances or negotiat
ashley: the fbi is trying to determine who shot two border patrol agents killing 30-year-old agent and wounng another. the shooting took place in arizona, a drug trafficking core door 5 miles northeast of the border with mexico. the agents on routine patrol of horseback coming under fire, third agent was not hurt. the last agent fatally shot on duty was murdered back in 2010 with a gun link to operation fast and furious. just last month it was renamed in his honor. public-sector unions lining...